Committee Constituted On Rajasthan High Court's Direction Recommends Increase In Wages Being Paid To Prisoners

The State of Rajasthan has informed the Rajasthan High Court that the Committee constituted on HC's direction has made recommendations for increase of wages of the prisoners keeping in view the observations made by the Court. The Additional Advocate General submitted before the Bench of Justice Rameshwar Vyas and Justice Sangeet Lodha that pursuant to the directions issued by the...

Allegation On Reliance Jio Telecom Infrastructure Damage Amid farmers Protest- Punjab And Haryana High Court Issues Notice To State And Centre

A Single Judge Bench comprising of Justice Sudhir Mittal of the Punjab & Haryana High Court on Tuesday issued notice of motion in a plea filed by Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd., seeking urgent intervention of State Government as well as the Centre in order to stop the illegal acts of "vandalism by miscreants" as alleged by the petitioner company....

Bollywood v Times Now : Navika Kumar, Rahul Shivshankar Seek Rejection Of Filmmakers' Suit; Delhi HC Issues Notice

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a rejection of plaint application filed by Bennett Coleman & Co. and journalists Rahul Shivshankar and Navika Kumar, against a suit by The Film andTelevision Producers Guild of India and film production houses for alleged defamatory reporting by Republic TV and Times Now.A Single Bench of Justice J.R. Midha posted the case next on March...

Karnataka High Court Directs State To Ensure Minimum Standards In Old Age Homes

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to place on record details about number of old age homes established by it in Bengaluru urban district and also prescribe a scheme under the THE MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS ACT, 2007 to ensure that minimum standards are maintained even by private old age homes operating in the city. A...

'We Cannot Be Called Upon To Govern. For We Have No Wherewithal or Prowess And Expertise In That Regard': Supreme Court In Central Vista Case

"We cannot be called upon to govern. For, we have no wherewithal or prowess and expertise in that regard.", remarked the Supreme Court in its judgment in Central Vista Project case.Justice AM Khanwilkar, in his majority judgment, said that, in recent past, the route of public/social interest litigation is being increasingly invoked to call upon the Court to examine pure concerns of policy...

Petitioner Appears To Be Suffering From 'Litigation Dependence Syndrome': Delhi High Court States Re-Litigation Amounts To Abuse Of Court Process

The Delhi High Court recently pulled up a Petitioner for raising the same set of facts and contentions before the Court again and again, by filing different petitions. The Petitioner appears to be suffering from Litigation Dependence Syndrome, it remarked. A Division Bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Justice Asha Menon was hearing an appeal filed by one HC Ram Naresh, against...

An Advocate Must Be Inquisitive Like A Detective, Tenacious Like A Farmer & Precise Like A Surgeon : CJ RS Chauhan In Farewell Speech

Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan was transferred from Telangana High Court to take charge as the CJ of Uttarakhand High Court.The Telangana High Court bid farewell to him at a full court meeting held on Monday, December 4.In his speech, he had few words about the legal profession."The advocate must be inquisitive like a detective, tenacious like a farmer, and precise like a surgeon. In...

Central Vista- Lack Of Public Consultation, No Approval From HCC, Non Speaking Order Granting Environment Clearance: Justice Sanjiv Khanna In His Dissent

Justice Sanjeev Khanna, in his separate opinion in Central Vista Project case, expressed his dissent on the aspects of public participation on interpretation of the statutory provisions, failure to take prior approval of the Heritage Conservation Committee and the order passed by the Expert Appraisal Committee.The judge, however, agreed with the majority on the aspects of Notice inviting...

Defamation Case Against Kangana Ranaut For Tweet Saying Farmers Protester Available On Rs 100 Hire

A criminal defamation suit has been filed against Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut over her tweet saying that a lady farmer joined farmers protests after taking money. The 73-yr-old lady farmer, Mahinder Kaur, has moved the Magistrate Court, Bhatinda, seeking initiation of criminal proceedings against Ranaut for making false imputations that she is available for hire at protesting...

Keeping Accused In Custody As Offences Alleged To Be Committed Are 'Serious' Would Amount To Inflicting Pre-Trial Punishment: Jammu & Kashmir HC

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has made it clear that an accused cannot be kept in custody merely for the reason that the offence alleged to have committed by him is of serious nature. "Allowing the petitioner to remain in custody because of the reason that the offences alleged to have been committed by him are serious in nature, would amount to inflicting pre-trial punishment upon...

Justice Pankaj Mithal Sworn In As Chief Justice Of Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Justice Pankaj Mithal on Monday took oath as the 34th Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court. He was administered the oath of office by the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at the Convention Centre, Jammu. Warrant of appointment of Justice Mithal was read by Jawad Ahmed, the Registrar General of the High Court. Proceedings of the oath ceremony were conducted by Nitishwar...

Breaking- Supreme Court Upholds Centre's Plan For The Central Vista Project by 2:1 Majority, Justice Khanna Dissents

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Central Government's plan for construction of the Central Vista project and the government's proposal to construct a new Parliament in Lutyen's Delhi.

A Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna pronounced the judgement, with Justices Khanwilkar and Maheshwari forming the majority, and with Justice Khanna pronouncing...